Daniel McConnell: Fall of Damien English inevitable and robs Varadkar of momentum

English and his boss Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will hope that his speedy resignation will help draw a line on the affair and allow the Government move on, but such hopes are fanciful, writes Daniel McConnell

Damien English's demise has robbed Leo Varadkar of any momentum that he had sought to build up heading back into the new Dáil term. File photo: Collins Photos

The fall of Damien English was swift and dramatic but utterly inevitable, given the gravity of the “mistake” he made.

For one of the Dáil’s most genial and likeable characters who had for a long time been knocking on the door of Cabinet, it came on foot of a most alarming discovery about his own property interests.